The first four games of this season force me to bring out the old Earl Weaver chestnut: “This ain’t a football game. We play every day.”
When you are a long time baseball fan, you get a sense of how long 162 games is. Four or even six games in April means next to nothing. Even the best teams have four game losing streaks during the long season (including the 1998 Yankees). Speaking of which, here is George Will:
“I’m not really sure that being a Yankee fan is good for the soul, because you get an entirely wrong view of life.